Death is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
HONORE DE BALZACIt is as absurd to say that a man can’t love one woman all the time as it is to say that a violinist needs several violins to play the same piece of music.
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As a rule, only the poor are generous. Rich people can always find excellent reasons for not handing over twenty thousand francs to a relative.
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Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy.
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Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.
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Though the human heart may have to pause for rest when climbing the heights of affection it rarely stops on the slippery slope of hatred.
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Women are ever the dupes or the victims of their extreme sensitiveness.
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Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
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Old men are prone to invest the futures of young men with their own past sorrows.
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True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
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Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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How can we explain the perpetuity of envy–a vice which yields no return?
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Every moment of happiness requires a great amount of Ignorance.
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In the first woman we love, we love everything. Growing older, we love the woman only.
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Cruelty and fear shake hands together.
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Woman is closer to angels than man because she knows how to mingle an infinite tenderness with the most absolute compassion.
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